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Broad Channel is the only inhabited island in Jamaica Bay. Connected to the Rockaway peninsula and the mainland of Queens by Cross Bay Boulevard and its two bridges, it was at first just a small sand island surrounded by marsh, with only a few fishermen's shacks. The island was expanded by development landfill and railroad construction at the turn of the century and by 1912 the City of New York took ownership. Originally filled with summer bungalows and small summer homes on leased City property, the area experienced a development renaissance that is still ongoing when the City offered the leased land for sale to resident occupants in the 1980's. The area is now a growing, year round residential community of approximately 1500 homes. More Broad Channel pictures...
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